Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Backfire

If you loved Backfire, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Push

Push

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding...

#2
Eenie Meanie

Eenie Meanie

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller & Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend....

#3
God Is a Bullet

God Is a Bullet

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the ...

#4
Latency

Latency

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it....

#5
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

#6
Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real...

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